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Real Heat Transfer

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the transfer of heat by direct contact?

a)

Radiation

b)

Conduction

c)

Convection

d)

Electromagnetic Waves

2.

What is the transfer of Kinetic energy from one object to another?

a)

Energy

b)

Thermal Energy

c)

Heat

d)

Temperature

3.

What is a substance that does conduct electricity well?

a)

Insulator

b)

Conductor

c)

Radiator <----------

d)

Convector<---------

4.

What is energy?

a)

Thermal Energy

b)

Movement

c)

The Ability to do Work

d)

Kinetic

5.

What is measurement of the average Kinetic Energy in an object?

a)

Temperature

b)

Potential

c)

Kinetic

d)

Heat

6.

Jill notices that her skin gets burned when she sits out in the sun. What best explains why this happens?

a)

Radiation

b)

Convention

c)

Convection

d)

Electromagnetic Waves

7.

How does Heat Energy from the sun reach Earth?

a)

Conduction<---------------------------------------------------

b)

Radiation<--------------------------------------------

c)

Convection

d)

Convention

8.

Which is the best example of heat transfer by convention?

a)

Frying bacon on a pan

b)

Melting Ice on your hand

c)

Sea Breeze at the beach

d)

Burning you finger on the stove

9.

A chair is next to a fireplace one side is getting warmer why is this?

a)

Convention

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation<---------------------------------

d)

Electromagnetic waves

10.

Is most Heat reflected or absorbed?

a)

Absorbed

b)

Reflected

c)

It's split equally

11.

Energy that is transferred through a fluid where hot rises and cold sinks

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

12.

Energy that is transferred by direct contact

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

13.

Which best explains why a wooden spoon can be used to stir hot soup on the stove?

a)

Wood is a good conductor of heat and transfers energy to the spoon.

b)

Wood is a poor conductor of heat and transfers energy to the spoon.

c)

Wood is a good conductor of heat and does not allow the transfer of energy to the spoon.

d)

Wood is a poor conductor of heat and does not allow the transfer of energy to the spoon.

14.

Sarah is stirring her hot chocolate with a metal spoon, and she notices that the spoon is getting hot. This is most likely caused by which type of heat?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

insulation

15.

Total amount of thermal energy in an object depends on

a)

temperature and number of particles

b)

temperature

c)

the object's specific heat

d)

the number of particles

16.

Roller coasters have gaps in the tracks so they can expand in hot weather due to

a)

thermal expansion

b)

specific heat

c)

mood swings

d)

thermal conductivity

17.

The rising and falling of air due to uneven heating of the Earth's surface is called

a)

convection

b)

radiation

c)

conduction

d)

does not happen

18.

If two substances have the same AVERAGE kinetic energy, then

a)

they have equal thermal energy

b)

they have the same temperature

c)

they have the same specific heat

19.
What is the definition of CONDUCTION?
a)
When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.
b)
a  hot liquid or air that  expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
c)
When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
d)
When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.
20.
Which of the following is an example of convection?
a)
A hair dryer is drying up your hair.
b)
When the AC or heater changes the temperature.
c)
When a car engine turns hot after being turned on.
d)
When you are making soup and the water is rising and lowering.